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Educators Say Higher Ed in Sustainability a Must; Business Execs Mostly Agree

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

This article is sponsored by Columbia University Higher education in sustainability and environmental management is more important now than ever before, some education professionals believe. While environmental work was a fringe issue decades ago, this is no longer the case. “The issue of the environment has merged with the issue ... Read more »

Learn About Columbia University’s MS in Sustainability Management Program

August 13, 2014August 14, 2014 by Paul Nastu

Master of Science in Sustainability Management The Earth Institute and Columbia University’s School of Continuing Education developed the Master of Science in Sustainability Management to train and educate sustainability practitioners. The program provides practical training for both full-time and part-time students seeking to further their sustainability careers or to transition ... Read more »

UC-Irvine Tops Green Colleges List

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The University of California – Irvine jumped from no. 3 to no. 1 in this year’s Sierra Club ranking of green schools, knocking last year’s winner, University of Connecticut, out of the top spot. This was the eighth year for the “Cool Schools” ranking, with more than 150 schools participating. According to ... Read more »

A Unique Program: Columbia’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy

August 4, 2014 by Paul Nastu

A Unique Program: Columbia’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy The Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy trains students for leading management and policy positions. The program is unique in its blend of management, policy analysis, and environmental science, which prepares students to apply innovative, systems-based solutions ... Read more »

EPA Selects Universities to Find New Uses for Toxics Data

June 24, 2014June 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA has selected six academic partners for the 2014 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a project designed to find innovative ways to increase public awareness of industrial releases of toxic chemicals in communities and around the country. TRI provides communities with information about toxic chemical releases to the ... Read more »

Honeywell to Help College Halve Carbon Footprint

May 22, 2014March 12, 2020 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Honeywell’s campus-wide energy retrofit project for Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, aims to cut about 2,300 metric tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions from the 20-building campus. Combined with a transition to gas-fired heating in 2010, the college expects to cut its carbon footprint in half. This will help ... Read more »

Stanford Divests from Coal Companies

May 8, 2014May 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Stanford University will not make direct investments in coal mining companies in a move that the Board of Trustees say reflects the availability of alternate energy sources with lower greenhouse gas emissions. The board’s action follows a recommendation of the university’s Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility and Licensing (APIRL). This ... Read more »

Colleges Commit to Preventing Food Waste

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nine additional colleges have joined the EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge (FRC), a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses, organizations and institutions to prevent food waste. The nine new members are Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Mo.; Northwest Missouri State ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Benchmarking, Low-Voltage DC, Hotels’ ISO 14001

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Chicago now recognizes the ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment Professional as a data verifier credential under the city’s new Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. As a result, BEAP credential holders are eligible to provide professional verification of data for the benchmarking and transparency ordinance, which Chicago adopted last September. Chicago is the only city that requires data ... Read more »

B2B Sustainability Priorities ‘Often Personal, Not Corporate’

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Owners and CEOs, overall, are not sold on sustainability as a competitive advantage, according to a study by the Shelton Group. The study found personal belief drives business decision makers. CEO Suzanne Shelton says this means appealing to a CEO’s desire to do the right thing is more important than ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: ASTM Venue, ISO 50001, Wastewater Pipes

January 2, 2014January 3, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre says it is the first conference venue in Canada to be certified to the ASTM Venue Standard, awarded to venues that achieve highly sustainable meetings, trade shows and conferences. iCompli, a division of BPA Worldwide, certified the MTCC to Level One certification, International Meetings Review reports. ... Read more »

Used Coffee Proving Fertile Grounds for Sustainability

December 19, 2013 by Leon Walker

Starbucks, Nestle and the University of Cincinnati are among the organizations turning spent coffee grounds into bioplastics, laundry detergents and biodiesel, The Guardian reports. Starbucks currently purchases around 400 million pounds of coffee a year and is working on turning the used grounds, along with its bakery waste, into laundry detergents, ... Read more »

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